DAT500
Preview: DAT500 Understanding Business Data :
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
Course Learning Outcomes
The field of business intelligence and business analytics has evolved rapidly to become more focused on innovative applications for extracting
knowledge and insight from data streams. Topics covered include: business intelligence, business analytics, data warehousing, data mining, data
streams and big data, as as how data is and how it is used by non-profit, and for-profit organizations. well collected government,
Required Resources
Ramesh Sharda. 2018. Business
Intelligence,
Analytics,
and
Data
Science:
A
Managerial
Perspective (4th ed.). Pearson.
LinkedIn Learning. September 25, 2013. What Is Analytics? https://www.linkedin.com/learning/wayne-winston-on-analytics/what-is-analytics?
u=57878161
Data Science Central. No date. https://www.datasciencecentral.com/
Transforming Data With Intelligence . No date. https://tdwi.org/Home.aspx
TED. April 18, 2014. How Data Will Transform Business . https://youtu.be/EHTmxmuhZ10
TEDx Talks. April 20, 2015. Making Data Mean More Through Storytelling . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xsvGYIxJok
Muzammilmx. August 2, 2012. BBC NASA Disaster Challenger . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reM5fTo-6PI
LinkedIn Learning. August 6, 2015. Transitioning From Data Warehousing to Big Data . www.linkedin.com/checkpoint/enterprise/login/57878161?
pathWildcard=57878161&application=learning&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Flearning%2Ftransitioning-from-data-
warehousing-to-big-data%2Fwelcome%3Fu%3D57878161
Bain & Company. No date. Management Tools and Trends . https://www.bain.com/insights/topics/management-tools-and-trends/
NCR Corporation. 2004. Decisions at the Touch of a Button: Coca-Cola Japan Puts the Fizz Back in Vending Machine Sales .
http://dssresources.com/cases/coca-colajapan/
TED@BCG San Francisco. October 2013. Why Smart Statistics Are the Key to Fighting Crime.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime?language=en
TEDx Talks. June 30, 2015. How to Predict the Future With Big Data . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0bp2kUh9hw&feature=youtu.be
Data.gov. No date. https://www.data.gov
LinkedIn Learning. April 2, 2018. Sentiment Analysis . https://www.linkedin.com/learning/the-data-science-of-retail-sales-and-commerce/sentiment-
analysis?u=57878161
TEDx Talks. November 5, 2014. Analyzing and Modeling Complex and Big Data . https://youtu.be/8DqQCZMawNg
TEDx Talks. September 22, 2014. Big Data Will Impact Every Part of Your Life . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q3sRSUYmys&feature=youtu.be
TED.com. June 2012. Let's Pool Our Data Medical . https://www.ted.com/talks/john_wilbanks_let_s_pool_our_medical_data?language=en
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Weekly Course Schedule
Week - To Do List 1
Discuss: Introduce yourself to your classmates and your professor.
Learn: Read Chapter 1, "An Overview to Business Intelligence," in Business
Intelligence,
Analytics,
and
Data
Science .
Learn: Watch the video, Week Overview. 1
Learn: Watch the video, What Is Analytics?
Discuss: Complete the discussion, Job Titles.
Assignment: Submit the assignment, Homework Analyzing Athletic Injuries. –
Week - To Do List 2
Learn: Read Chapter 2, "Descriptive Analytics I," Sections 2.1 to 2.6 only, in Business
Intelligence,
Analytics,
and
